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(No Mod MEANS FOR DETECTING WITHDRAWAL GP BOTTLE STOPPERS. No. 543,217.Patented July 23,1896.

, through the glass of the bottle B. The stopnew and useful Improvementsin Means for manipulation of the contents of a bottle with- STATESEnron.

PATENT MEANS FOR DETECTING WITHDRAWAL. OF BOTTLE=STOPPERS.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,217, dated July23, 1895.

Application filed October 24, 1894- Ta or whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, BENITO NionoLs, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of New York, county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain Detecting the Withdrawal of Bottle-Stoppers,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to bottles and the stoppers thereof, and has forits object to provide means for the prevention of refilling or outdetection by the purchaser or consumer.

The invention consists in the novel means hereinafter fully describedfor rendering the withdrawal and reinsertion of the stopper perceptible.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation-of a bottleand stopper secured therein, both embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section taken upon the line mm, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section taken uponthe line yy, Fig. 1.

In the practice of. my invention I brand upon the periphery of the corkor other stop: per A an open circle or ring-shaped or other mark a ofsufficient size to be conspicuousv per having been inserted in thebottle in the usual or any other approved manner, the outer surface ofthe bottle B is etched with hydrofluoric or other acid or by any othermeans to form a small white dot or OthGIWlSQf shaped mark I), aligningexactlywith the center of the ring a.

When the sropper A is once removed from the bottle, it is practicallyimpossible to reinsert the same in such manner as to bring the spot 1)into alignment with the center of the ring a. The purchaser by a mereglance at Serial No. 526,854- (No model.)

the bottle is thereby enabled to determine at once Whether or not thebottle offered is an original package.

It is to be understood that the cork or other stopper is insertedtightly into the neck of the bottle, as is common with corks used forchampagne and other expensive winesor liquors, wherein the cork is ofsuch size as to require to be compressed before insertion, and myinvention is particularly adapted for such corks which, once removed,can never be reinserted without passing through a compressor, in Whichcase it would not be possible to make the mark upon the stopper coincidewith that upon the bottleneck. I do not claim the use of such means uponthe stopper and bottle as will constitute a mechanical obstacle to theremoval of the cork, as the object of my invention is to provide suchmeans for enabling the detection of the withdrawal of the stopper as maybe used in connection with ordinary bottles and corks and substantiallywithout other expense than the mere labor of marking.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, of a bottle and com- BENITO NICHOLS. Witnesses: PERCYI. GRIFFITH,

L. MULLER.

pressed stopper tightly inserted therein,-

